Pictured above: Roosevelt High School Principal Charlene Williams speaking at the Portland launch of Internet Essentials in 2011. By: Rebecca Brown, Director, Community Impact, Comcast Oregon/SW Washington A decade. TEN years. When you think about what you’ve done for a decade…what’s changed over a decade…it can be surprising. Rewarding. Startling. I’ve been in a semblance […]
Comcast Helps Sweet Home Provide Books and Computers for Residents
In late spring, Amy Keiter of the External Affairs team received an email from Rose Peda, a librarian in Sweet Home, Oregon, asking how many Comcast subscribers there were in her community. Amy had an inkling where the question was going and called Ms. Peda back. As Amy suspected, the librarian was trying to build […]
Comcast Announces Largest-Ever Expansion of Our Internet Essentials Program
Comcast has announced the largest-ever expansion of our Internet Essentials program, extending internet access eligibility to an additional three million low-income Americans. According to the U.S. Census, the harsh reality is that people living in high-poverty cities are 10 times less likely to have broadband at home than those in higher-earning communities. Internet Essentials is Comcast’s […]
Low-Cost Internet Access Now Available to Qualifying Veterans
Six million down. Many more individuals to serve. Thanks to Comcast’s Internet Essentials program, six million low-income Americans have been connected to low-cost home internet access. And with the recent announcement that we’ve expanded eligibility to low-income veterans, that opens up the program to another one million potential beneficiaries. [vimeo 286220018 w=640 h=360] Internet […]